Information Literacy in the Digital Age

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We are hereDigiLitApproachesat YorkWhat's it worth to you?The theoryin the Digital AgeDeveloping Information LiteracyInformation Literacy in the Digital Age | Ned Potter Academic Liaison Librarian TFTV, History of Art, PhilosophyWhat does an ALL actually do..?A highly subjective (and approximate) breakdown:A UK perspectiveA 2011 Ofcom report revealed:74% of internet users feel they can accurately judge whether an website is truthful or not.A UK perspectiveA 2007 Aslib report revealed:An average employee spends 6.4 hours per week searching for information; 37% of this is a waste of time.£3.7 Billion a year on searching for information we can't find!An academic perspectiveOur own experiences revealStudents arrive at University increasingly technologically literate.They MISTAKE THIS for information literacy and / or digital literacy...An academic perspectiveToday's Undergraduates are great at using netbooks, iPads, & smartphones - but sometimes less good at finding resources online, staying safe on social media, and even using programs like Word & ExcelThis impacts teaching, seminars, library resources, employability, etc etc...An information literate individual is able to:

Determine the extent of information needed Access the needed information effectively and efficiently Evaluate information and its sources critically Incorporate selected information into one’s knowledge base Use information effectively to accomplish a specific purpose Understand the economic, legal, and social issues surrounding the use of information, and access and use information ethically and legallyACRL Competency Standards (2000):http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfmDrew Whitworth (2009)

“Teachers cram their curriculum with 'skill development' and 'generic competencies' because knowledge, creativity and originality are too expensive to provide to unmotivated students and parents obsessed with league tables, not learning”.Critical perspectives #1“Information Literacy… empowers people in all walks of life to seek, evaluate, use and create information effectively to achieve their personal, social, occupational and educational goals. It is a basic human right in a digital world and promotes social inclusion of all nations”.Alexandria Proclamation on Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning (IFLA, 2005)http://www.ifla.org/en/publications/beacons-of-the-information-society-the-alexandria-proclamation-on-information-literacy-Digital literacy = digital tool knowledge + critical thinking + social engagement.

Able to spend less time searching for resources and more time using themAn information literate student can...Association of American Colleges and UniversitiesDetermine the extent of the information needed

Access the needed information

Critically evaluate information and its sources

Use information to accomplish a specific purpose

Access and use information legally and ethically(or going to the pub)How information literate do your students need to be and is the amount discipline-specific?Open question:What are the core competencies you want / need us to teach them?NOW:SOON:A framework to cover all keystagesInteractive online learning objectsMore videosAn increase in lecturer / librarian collaborative teaching..?InductionUndergraduate teachingPostgraduate teachingVideosSubject GuidesGeneric PG sessionsDigital Learning blogSupervisors!Anything we don't do but you wish we did..?Thank you for coming!ned.potter@york.ac.uk@UoYLibrarySpoonfeeding - why not spoonfeed them AND teach them how to feed themselves, and throw away the spoon* later on?Literacy needs a pedagogy to develop it and give it meaning. - Mandy Luptonhttp://prezi.com/4oju3jfaylst/interactive-map-of-the-library/http://www.slideshare.net/UniofYorkLibrary/More focus on: search strategy advanced search techniques obtaining materials from elsewhereWeb 2.0 toolshttp://www.youtube.com/yorkinformationhttp://digitallearningblog.york.ac.uk/http://subjectguides.york.ac.ukOne-to-one advice and guidance from academics...the ability to effectively and critically navigate, evaluate and create information using a range of digital technologies - including communication tools, collaborative tools, social media, and platforms which are online but not necessarily on the Web.Open question: who is responsible for keeping students safe online..?What does digital literacy mean to you?Some useful digital tools...addictomaticPadletImpactstoryCopyright free mediaSome ways in which students might usefully be digitally literateThe dark tragedy of our age is that, at the point where we need leadership from our librarians and teachers to negotiate our way through an information-thick - rather than [information]-rich - age, Web 2.0 as replaced expertise with experience and scholarship with consensus.Murder in the LibraryRSS feeds and keeping up to dateFluent in Microsoft Office!Understanding Google's limitationsEstablishing an online presenceBlogs and bloggingTwitter in the Academic envrionmentSocial bookmarkingCollaborative ToolsUsing Facebook safelyCompfight - http://compfight.com(Searches Flickr better than Flickr itself)

etc.Step 1Step 2http://addictomatic.com allows you to search the social media platforms of your choice simultaneously, and save that search.http://padlet.com/ - paper for the webWith thanks to Kirstyn Radford, Helen Westwood, Jane Secker & Cathie Jackson for statistics, ideas and information used in this presentation.Tara BrabazonMy conclusions on student behaviour, from reading the literature:It isn’t the generation that is defining the technology – it is the technology which is defining all of us, regardless of generationThey develop information-seeking strategies based on a small set of resources which they use over and over againThey're constantly connected to the web - but so are weThey're 'power browsers' - but so are we! They expect discovery and delivery of resources to coincide - but so, of course, do we...http://libassets.manchester.ac.uk/social-media-guide/ - interactive learning object, introduction to social mediaMore9 useful educational tools, to engage, communicate and keep up to date in the academic environmenthttp://prezi.com/mbovazewn3g9/edtech-9-useful-educational-tools-to-engage-communicate-and-keep-up-to-date-in-the-academic-environment/Library's Support for Researchers pages, including social media workshop dates:http://www.york.ac.uk/library/info-for/researchers/(See the 'Become a Networked Researcher' section)